ISBN: 115088813X

[EAN: 9781150888137], Neubuch, PAUL LENOIR,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free… More...

[EAN: 9781150888137], Neubuch, PAUL LENOIR,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: . . . Allah kneeling upon the same carpet as the most richly-dressed sheik. To laugh, to spit, or to blow ones nose in a mosque would be attended by most unpleasant consequences to the perpetrator, and Heaven knows we do not restrain ourselves in those respects at home. I went several times to hear the Koran read, and I never saw anyone asleep. Saint Paul cannot boast of any such success in Paris. The mosque of El Hakem, which we visited afterwards, is unfortunately a ruin, but the remains are sufficiently grand to enable us to estimate its original importance. It is situated at the northern extremity of Cairo, to the left of Bab-el Nasr. Judging by the appearance of the ruins, we came to the conclusion that the action of time had been accelerated, and some of the materials of the mosque borrowed for the fortifications which adjoin the Gate of Victory. This mosque, though completely abandoned as a place of worship, is still remarkable and admirable as an architectural monument. Two enormous square towers support the remains of two minarets with finely wrought flutings, which resemble the Hindoo edifices whose remains I had seen on the banks of the Euphrates. It is the most ancient of all the mosques, in Cairo. An inscription over the gate assigns it to the year 393 of the Hegira. It retains traces of great interior richness, and yet, it is nothing now but a relay place for the numerous caravans which come from Asia by the way of Suez and Sinai. The mosque El Azhar is interesting because of its two-fold purpose. It is a house of prayer, and a place of public instruction. Every Mussulman sect, every country, every race of the great Arab family, is represented there, and has a special class. Not only for Egypt, but for the whole East, this University has been insti. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., [PU: General Books, LLC]<

ISBN: 115088813X

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ISBN: 9781150888137

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have oc… More...

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ISBN: 115088813X

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